Boy, how times flies. Britney spears turned 34 on Wednesday, and she celebrated with a surprise party. Miley Cyrus was kind enough to send some giant, shiny balloons for the occasion. “Had the CUTEST surprise party today!!! A special thank…
Amazon Prime Turns 10, Celebrates ‘Tens of Millions’ of Members
Wanna feel old? Amazon Prime, the company’s premium subscription service that offers customers free two-day shipping on millions of products, is now a decade old. Amazon debuted the service in February of 2005. The company is celebrating the birthday by…
White House Petition Site We The People Has Seen Over 363,000 Petitions in Three Years
We the People, the White House’s oft-beleaguered but still culturally relevant and surprisingly popular online petition site, just turned three. So, how’s it doing? Pretty good, in terms of participation. The White House has just released the numbers and in…
Apple’s Original Macintosh Computer Turns 30
A couple of days ago, we reflected on the 30th anniversary of Apple’s famous “1984” ad – you know, the creepy one that aired during the Super Bowl and was directed by Ridley Scott. That ad’s purpose was to usher…
Facebook’s Oldest User Is Now 106
The honorable crown of “Oldest Person on Facebook” has rested on several different heads over the past couple of years. But for the last year or so, the title has belonged to 105-year-old Edythe Kirchmaier. Well, make that 106-year-old Edythe…
Google Celebrates Its Own 15th Birthday With Piñata Game Doodle, Easter Egg
Google is celebrating its 15tth birthday with a worldwide doodle featuring a playable game where you can hit a piñata by clicking on it with your mouse (or using the space bar), and gaining candy for points. Google also has…
Amazon Launches New Facebook-Integrated Crowdsourced Gifting Product
Amazon is looking to move in on Facebook’s gifting turf with a new product that lets friends crowdsource each other’s gifts using the power of the social network’s graph. Amazon has just announced Amazon Birthday Gift, a “new way for…
LinkedIn Is Ten Years Old
LinkedIn turned ten years old on Sunday. It’s hard to believe it’s been a decade, but believe it or not, the professional social network launched all the way back in 2003. It has come a long way in the meantime.…
Gmail Turns 9: Google Takes Us Down Memory Lane, Makes Us Feel Old
Can you believe that Gmail is 9 years old? I haven’t felt this old since last week, when Twitter informed me that it was the 19th anniversary of the death of Kurt Cobain. Yikes. Anyway, Google is now officially 9,…